920. Fact

The largest known shark is the great white shark. It can become 46 feet long.

921. Fact

The average car stands still 23 hours of the day.

922. Fact

50% of all bank robberies are done on fridays.

923. Fact

200 children are born every minute.

924. Fact

Alexander graham bell, who invented the telephone, could never talk to his mother or wife on it. They were both deaf.

925. Fact

Alfred hitchcock had no belly button.

926. Fact

A shrimp's heart is located in its head.

927. Fact

In an 80-year-long study on 200,000 ostriches, not a single case was reported where an ostrich buried its head in the ground.

928. Fact

It is physically impossible for a pig to look up at the sky.

929. Fact

More than 50% of the world's population has never made or received a telephone call.

930. Fact

Horses can't throw up.

931. Fact

The most difficult words to say fast in english are "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick".

932. Fact

Rats can breed so fast that after only eighteen months they can produce more than a million off-spring.

933. Fact

If you use earphones for one hour, you will increase the amount of bacteria in your ears by 700%.

934. Fact

23% of all copy machine breakdowns come from people sitting on them to make copies of their own butts.

935. Fact

Nearly all lipsticks contain fish scales.

936. Fact

No paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

937. Fact

In one year, american airlines saved $40,000 by decreasing the number of olives by just one on each first-class salad.

938. Fact

You burn more calories sleeping than watching tv.

939. Fact

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

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